£400 Desktop Computer

pault123

What size screen is Dells? how much is carriage? the ARIA spec doubles everything Dell has even the Athlon from Aria beat the Dell sempron!

Courtesy of GoofyGAT post

Arguably there's a better system for £399 over at Aria:

Aria AXL Fusion Home 3200 [click here then on the View button in line with Computer Shopper Feb 2007 review.]

* AMD Athlon 64 3200+ AM2
* 18X DVDRW
* 2x PC2-5400 Elixir DDR2 SDRAM [1GB - see Review]
* 200GB HDD SATA 2
* Arianet MIDI Tower3 Blk/Sil ATX2.0
* MSI K9VGM-V Socket AM2
* Microsoft Wireless Optical 1000
* Microsoft Wireless Mouse
* On-Board Graphics
* OnBoard Sound
* 19'' TFT Monitor [widescreen - see Review]
* Microsoft XP Home OEM + Vista

I'm_With_Stupid

Yeah, that is better. I would go for that one. The screen is 17" on the Dell, the carriage is included, the Hard Drive only specifies that it's SATA, rather than SATA2 (don't know if that means that it's only SATA-150, rather than SATA2, or they just haven't specified), it has a DVD-Writer, and the monitor's widescreen and bigger which I personally prefer. So yeah, all in all, quite a bit better.

showman36

this Cybermaxx (which is a rebadged MEDION) desktop is still available for £289 instore at toys r us you would have to add a monitor for a £100, I bought one last week for the kids and cant fault it yet.


Description

Intel Pentium D 915 Dual Core 2.8GHz processor with 160GB Hard drive.
Features

* Processor: Intel Pentium D 915 Dual Core 2.8GHz
* Memory: 1024MB DDR II
* Hard Disk Drive: 160GB (7200 RPM)
* Optical Drive: 16 x DVD + R, 16 x DVD-R, 6 x DVD-RW, dual layer DVD: 8 x DVD + R9, 4 x DVD-R9, 48 x CD-R, 24 x CD-RW
* Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce7300 - up to 512MB
* Keyboard: Wired keyboard and mouse
* Digital Memory Card Readers: 8-in-1 memory card reader: IBM Micro drive, Compact Flash Card I and II, Memory Stick/Memory Stick Pro/Multimedia Card/Smart Media card/SD-Card.
* Ports: 2xPS/2, 1x D-Sub COM, 1x D-Sub Parallel, 4x USB 2.0, 1x RJ45 LAN, 1x Front Line Out, 1x Rear Line Out, 1x subwoofer, Centre Out, 1x Back surround out, 1x Line In, 1x Microphone Out
* Software: Microsoft Works 8.5, Microsoft Office trial version (60 day trial pre-installed), Nero Burning Rom 7, Nero Recode2 SE, Cyberlink PowerDVD, Bullguard Internet Security
* Operating system: Microsoft Media Centre Edition( free upgrade to Vista)

atticgirl2003

Thanks but which one shall I buy now.

pault123

pault123 wrote:

What size screen is Dells? how much is carriage? the ARIA spec doubles everything Dell has even the Athlon from Aria beat the Dell sempron!

Courtesy of GoofyGAT post

Arguably there's a better system for £399 over at Aria:

Aria AXL Fusion Home 3200 [click here then on the View button in line with Computer Shopper Feb 2007 review.]

* AMD Athlon 64 3200+ AM2
* 18X DVDRW
* 2x PC2-5400 Elixir DDR2 SDRAM [1GB - see Review]
* 200GB HDD SATA 2
* Arianet MIDI Tower3 Blk/Sil ATX2.0
* MSI K9VGM-V Socket AM2
* Microsoft Wireless Optical 1000
* Microsoft Wireless Mouse
* On-Board Graphics
* OnBoard Sound
* 19'' TFT Monitor [widescreen - see Review]
* Microsoft XP Home OEM + Vista

Still beats everyone posted up to know! faster DDR2 memory biggest harddrive. I could go on and on :rotfl:

atticgirl2003

pault123 wrote:

What size screen is Dells? how much is carriage? the ARIA spec doubles everything Dell has even the Athlon from Aria beat the Dell sempron!

Courtesy of GoofyGAT post

Arguably there's a better system for £399 over at Aria:

Aria AXL Fusion Home 3200 [click here then on the View button in line with Computer Shopper Feb 2007 review.]

* AMD Athlon 64 3200+ AM2
* 18X DVDRW
* 2x PC2-5400 Elixir DDR2 SDRAM [1GB - see Review]
* 200GB HDD SATA 2
* Arianet MIDI Tower3 Blk/Sil ATX2.0
* MSI K9VGM-V Socket AM2
* Microsoft Wireless Optical 1000
* Microsoft Wireless Mouse
* On-Board Graphics
* OnBoard Sound
* 19'' TFT Monitor [widescreen - see Review]
* Microsoft XP Home OEM + Vista

Hi, Can you give me the link to this desktop.
The above link does not work.
Thank You.

pault123

http://www.aria.co.uk/NewDisplaySystems.asp?BrandID=15

atticgirl2003

Looks like this would suite me just fine.
When does vista come on the market?
What is the GHz on the computer?
Do you know if the delivery charge is included?

Thank You Again.

pault123

Vista is due end of this month as far as i'm aware. The 3200 Athlon is rated as comparible to a 3.2 Intel.

It will handle anything but the very very latest games on full graphical settings easily.

Also it states in the review you get a free vista voucher but i'm unsure on microsofts terms to claim this, have a feeling you have to pay £30-£40 to cover microsofts 'carriage' charges :mad:

Delivery is free

ey_up

Can anyone see the Fusion on the site? I've had a look and cant get to it. Knew I shouldnt have waited before ordering!

Thanks